Galley-lock.



W. H. FRANCIS.

GALLEY LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED 1AM.26.I916.

1,210,923. Patented Jan. 2,1917.

Attorneys WILLIAM H. FRANCIS, or" WASHINGTQN, DISTRICT or COLUMBIA.

eALLEY-Loc'K.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. FRANoIs, a citizen of the United States, residing at W'Vashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented a new and useful Galley- Lock, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains to galley locks for printers galleys, andit is the object of the invention to provide a type or slug holding member assembled with the galley in a novel and improved manner,-

whereby the slugs or lines of type can be effectively held in place in the galley, the holding member being adjustable and movable out of the way without completely detaching it from the galley.

It is also within the scope of the invention to provide a galley look which is extremely simple, non-encumbering and inexpensive in construction, and which will serve its oliice in a thoroughly practical, reliable and efficient manner.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of a printers galley incorporating the present improvements. Fig. 2 is a cross sect-ion taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail illustrating the holding member swung upwardly out of the way.

In the drawing, there is depicted a printers galley 1, one side wall 2 of which is provided with a longitudinal upstruck cor rugation or rib forming a longitudinal inner groove 3. Supported adjacent and parallel with the other side wall 4. of the galley is a resilient rod 5 having its terminals engaged with the ends of the galley. The slugs or lines of type are placed within the galley in the usual manner, and are disposed between the rod 5 and opposite side wall 2.

The slugs or lines of type are held snugly in place by a holding member 6 disposed transversely within the galley, and composed of a plate or bar of sheet metal. The mem- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2, 1917.

Application filed January 26. 1916. Serial No. 74,406.

her 6 is provided adjacent one end with an aperture 7 through which the rod 5 extends, and the other end of the member 6 is provided with a rounded lug 8 fitting within the groove'3 to assist the rod 5 in guiding the member 6 for longitudinal adjustment within the galley to accommodate the slugs. That. end of the member6 engaging the rod 5 is provided with an angularly extending spring tongue 9 between the rod 5 and side wall 4: of the galley and projecting toward that end of the galley adjacent which the slugs are disposed. The ongue 9 is arranged at less than a right angle with the P member 6 and its free end bears against the rod 5, thereby tending to swing the member 6 toward the slugs. The aperture 7 is such that the member 6 binds upon the rod 5 when the member 6 is swung at right angles with said rod, due to the tension of the tongue 9, but when the member 6 is swung out of right angled position with the rod 5, it can be slid longitudinally. When the member 6 is moved against the slugs, it assumes a right angled position with the rod 5 and side walls of the galley, to hold the slugs in place properly, and at the same time, the member 6 binds upon the rod 5, to prevent it from moving away from the slugs. The member 6 is held in this position by the spring tongue 9.

The holding member 6 can be swung out of the way readily, this being accomplished by springing the wall 2 outwardly so that the lug 8 can move out of the groove 3, and which will permit the member 6 to be swung upwardly out of the way, as illustrated in Fig. 3, to seat on the wall 4:.

The advantages gained by the present improvements will suggest themselves to those skilled or versed in the art, without further comment being necessary.

In some cases, both ends of the galley are open, and two reversed holding members can be used to hold the slugs therebetween.

Although a special form of galley is illustrated and described, it will be apparent that the invention can be used upon various forms of galleys.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. The combination with a printers galley, of a transverse type holding member having one end mounted adjacent one wall of the galley for longitudinal adjustment, said member being swingable upwardly out of the-wa "aha wa t o'aa'siaitar (5f the galley and free end of said member having interenga'geable 'means *for holding said member in operative position and for longitudinal adjustment. 1

2. The combination with a printers gally, of 'a longitudinal rod carried thereby adjacent one side wall,land a type holding member slidably engaging said rod for longitudin'al adjustment,- and "adapted to be swung thereon'into 'a'nd out'of type holding chine: or uni atent m be obtained for sideivall of the galley having a ma ma.

nal grooveyand the free end of said member having a lug engageable in said groove.

4:. The combination with a printers galley, of a longitudinal rod carried thereby, anda type holding member slidably engaging'sfaid rod for longitudinal adjustment and adapted to be swung thereon into and out of type holding position, said member having a spring tongue bearing against the rod'to move said member to type holding position. In testimony that I claim the foregoingas myoWn I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

.7 r WILLIAM HQ-FRANCIS. Witnesses:

IVY E. SIMPSON, r

a P. A. BooKELLI.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. C. V r or 

